Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

Quote by Thomas Kempis

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If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other...

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other...

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and...

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and...

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since...

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since...

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness...

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness...

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

If the truth shall have made thee free, thou shalt not care for the vain...

If the truth shall have made thee free, thou shalt not care for the vain...

Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but...

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but...

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old...

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old...

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life...

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life...

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all...

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all...